Alain Huriez
InvestorChairman and Managing Partner at AdBio partners · Venture Partner at Advent Life Sciences
Paris, France
Writes $25K – $5M checks · typically $1M
About
Alain Huriez has 32 years of experience in life sciences, beginning his career in the mid-1980s in emergency medicine and general practice in France. He later spent 12 years in biotech drug development and regulatory strategy as VP of Quintiles (IQVIA) Biotech in Europe, then became an entrepreneur, serving as Associate Partner at Truffle Capital and CEO of Neovacs and TcLand, and founding five French biotechnology companies. He joined Advent Life Sciences in 2012 and founded AdBio Partners (formerly Advent France Biotechnology) in 2016, managing early-stage life sciences seed funds.
Invests in
Biotech
Experience
- AdBio partnersChairman & Managing Partnercurrent2015 — presentGreater Paris Metropolitan Region
- Advent Life SciencesVenture Partnercurrent2022 — present
- Advent Life SciencesPartner2014 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
- Advent Life SciencesVenture Partner2012 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
- FONDATION ALBERT GLEIZESPresidentcurrent2006 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- OrphalanChairman of the Board2015 — 2022Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- EPEMEDHonorary Chairman2016 — 2021Luxembourg
- EPEMEDFounder and Chairman2009 — 2015Luxembourg
- TcLand (split in TcLand Expression & Effimune-> Ose-Immunotherapeutics)Chief Executive Officer2006 — 2012
- NEOVACS SAChief Executive Officer2003 — 2006Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- Truffle CapitalAssociate Partner2002 — 2003
- IQVIAVice President Europe Biotechnology1995 — 2002
- PSI CRO AGInternational Project Manager - Project Director1991 — 1995
- CHU Amiens-PicardiePhysician- Head of Emergency Room1987 — 1991
Education
- University of Paris I: Panthéon-SorbonneMaster in Pharmaco Economics1994 — 1996
- Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens)Doctor of Medicine - MD, Thesis on Myotonic Dystrophy (molecular genetic and clinical study)1981 — 1989
- Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens)Master's degree, Institut d'Administration des Entreprises1986 — 1988
Same school
Also attended University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne88
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Also attended Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens)4
Shared employers
Also worked at AdBio partners4
Also worked at Truffle Capital6
Also worked at IQVIA24
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Colleagues at AdBio partners
Network5
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